Clinician. Educator. Mentor.

Better shoulder decisions, built from real clinical work.

I help physiotherapists turn evidence, clinical patterns and practical experience into clearer decisions they can use with real patients.

Shoulder physiotherapistClinical educatorAdelaide Giants
Ben Onofrio, shoulder physiotherapist and educator
15+ yearsClinical practice
Teaching clinicians Australia-wide

Evidence informed

Clinically grounded

Practical enough to use tomorrow

The problem

Knowing more does not always make the next decision clearer.

Shoulder education can leave clinicians with more tests, more labels and more opinions, but no better way to decide what matters for the person in front of them.

My work focuses on the gap between evidence and application. We build the reasoning, the practical skills and the confidence to move forward without pretending every shoulder is simple.

01

Find the pattern

Start with the story, the person and the clinical pattern. The label comes later.

02

Measure what matters

Use objective testing to support decisions, track change and give progression a reason.

03

Apply it with context

Evidence matters. So do expectations, experience, goals and the grey area between them.

Ways to learn

Choose the support that fits where you are.

Start with something useful. Go deeper when the timing and the problem are right.

Ben Onofrio working with Adelaide Giants baseball playersAdelaide Giants Baseball Club

Why Ben

Clinical reps first. Frameworks second.

I am a physiotherapist who teaches, not a teacher who stepped away from clinical work.

My approach has been shaped by years of treating patients, working in sport, mentoring physiotherapists and teaching at Adelaide University. I care about the evidence, but I care just as much about whether a clinician can use it at 4:30 on a Friday with a patient who does not fit the textbook.

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The wider ecosystem

A simple system for shoulders that are rarely simple.

Simple Shoulder Systems turns the way I assess, teach and progress shoulders into practical education, testing frameworks and tools clinicians can use in the real world.

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